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After the concert, Jai and some of the younger pupils showed us around the school. I asked Jai to tell me about the school. Jai told me that Doikum School has 108 pupils between the ages of 5 and 11 years old who are taught by 8 teachers. Doikum school is a school in which education is free, as it is in most schools in the United Kingdom, where we live. The school receives money from the government, but like most schools, everywhere, Doikum has to raise money for extra equipment, like computers, and activities, like days out to visit places. Jai told me that SAGA, the travel company I had booked my holiday in Thailand with, had helped the school by paying for some of the Computers.
The pupils took us to Class 1, the classroom for the youngest pupils. Either side of the Whiteboard you can see in the photograph, are posters of the English alphabet and the Thai alphabet.
The alphabets are there as pupils learn both Thai and English from the age of 5 years old, along with many of the subjects you do, like History, Arithmetic (Math's) and Geography. The children do 8 subjects altogether. While some of the visitors stayed with the children in Class 1, Jai invited me to see the Computer Room in the school`s new classrooms. On the way, we passed the flagpole you can see in the middle picture above. this is the Assembly Area. Every school day morning, there is an Assembly - you probably have one in your school as well. Doikum School`s Assembly usually takes place outside. The Thai flag is raised up the flagpole, the National Anthem is sung and prayers are said for the King, who is very much loved by all Thais. This School Assembly happens every school day morning at every school in Thailand at the same time. At Doikum, school starts at 8.30 in the morning. There is a break in the morning and a lunch break,. A lot of the pupils stay for the school lunch, much of which is grown in the School`s own gardens - Doikum School also keeps chickens and grows mushrooms ! School finishes at 4 in the afternoon. The children then have homework to do. In the Computer Room, the pupils were working hard. Pupils were either answering questions asked by computer programs, or doing schoolwork or homework using a computer. All too soon it was time for all of us visitors to leave. We were sad to leave the children we had met and made friends with, but very happy to have been able to visit Doikum School. You can see some more photos of the school, the school gardens and the pupils here If you want to know more about Doikum School, ask your teacher if you can e-mail the school with your questions. You can see 100 big photos of my holiday in Thailand here. Ask your teacher first. When you get to the photographs page, click on "Northern Thailand Jan. 2004" to see all my photos.
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